Fellows in Creative Writing

Ana Simo (b. 1943, Cienfuegos): Simo is the author of several plays, including Alma, Penguins and Going to New England, of films and radio plays, and of the short story collection Las fábulas. She wrote the essay, Lydia Cabrera: An Intimate Portrait, for the exhibition at Intar Latin American Gallery in 1984. She was a cofounder of the direct action group The Lesbian Avengers and of Dyke TV, a half-hour television program that aired on public-access television across the United States for more than a decade. (Cintas for literature, 1969-70, 1970-71)